Detail of
Dury's map
showing the village of Sandridge
| I was born in Sandridge in
1938 and my ancestors in the village date back to Jonathan Cox,
who was living in the village in 1688. My Great Great
Grandfather
Dolphin Smith moved to
Water End Farm in about 1845. My Great Grandfather
Jacob Reynolds
moved to Hammonds Farm in 1862, later moving to Heath Farm,
Bernards Heath. Shortly after I was born my parents moved away from the area but I returned to Hertfordshire in 1962 and became interested in family history. In the 1980s I started a major survey of the 19th century farmers in Sandridge and nearby villages, and during the 1990s I collected a significant amount of information on Bernards Heath with a view to writing a book. The result was A Short History of Bernards Heath and the talks The Brickmakers of St Albans, The Road Through Harpenden and Poaching and Petty Theiving in St Albans. In addition I accumulated a vast collection of notes, Victorian press cuttings, etc., which have not been written up for publication. |
Maps: In reviewing maps of Hertfordshire the village of Sandridge is used to indicate how much detail each map shows.
Book: Historic Sandridge Revisited is an updated version of an earlier history, and provides an excellent introduction to the village and its people in earlier centuries.
Book: A Short History of Bernards Heath - is the history of common land which was in the parish of Sandridge but is now a district in St Albans. There is also information on The Brickmakers of St Albans
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Published C H Dawson, PO, Sandridge |
Book: Population ... Volume 2: The St Albans Region - includes a transcript of the 1851 census.
Book: Reconstruction and Measurement of Landscape Change - Detailed study of the parishes around St Albans
Book: A New Thraliana and A Newer Thraliana - Detailed history of an important Sandridge family.
Family History: The Thrale Family of Sandridge - includes the text of the 1952 book Historic Sandridge by Giles and Thrale, including the Thrale Family Tree.
Topics: A Survey of Sandridge in 1726 - this lists the owners and occupiers of all the property in the manor at the time.
The Village History web site includes many old photographs collected by the local historian, the late Reg Auckland, together with some of his very useful notes and transcripts.
Can you identify any of these football players?
| Farms and Large Houses in Sandridge | |||
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Marshalswick |
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Water End Farm |
If you know of other books, websites, etc, relating to this place, please tell me.
